Plane



(No Model.)

F. L. BAILEY.

` Y PLANE. N0. 286,894. Patented Oct. 16, 1888.

' PATENT innen.

FORTUNE L. BAILEY, OF FREEPORT, INDIANA.V

PLANE.

SPECIFICATION forming vpart of Letters Patent No. 286,894, dated October 16, 1883.

' Application filed July12,1883. (No model.) Y u To all whom/,ib may concern:

Be it known that I, F. L. BAILEY, of Freeport, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes; and Ido-hereby declare the following to be a full, c lea-r, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to an improvement in planes;v and it consists, first, in thecombination of the bearing-plate having the adjusting -screw swiveled thereto, the slotted bit which is attached by means of a set-screw to the plate which bears againstlits top, and a screw-bolt which passes through both of the plates and the bit, and which has the adjusting-screw to pass through its lower end; second, in a bit having a nut passed through its outer end, and a set-screw passed through the nut, so as to have its lower end bear against the lower plate, and thus adjust the angle at which the bit shall set, as will be more fully described hereinafter. A

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for the bits of planes, whereby the bit' can be adjusted back and forth and set it at any desiredangle without having to remove the bit from the plane-stock.

Figure lis alongitudinal vertical section of a bit embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an inverted view of the same.

A represents the lower or bearing plate,.

which has the lug B formed on the lower side of its outer end, andin which the adjustingscrew C is swiveled; This screw will be of any desired length, and is used to adjust theneed not necessarily be as wide nor as long as the one which is'cut through the plate A. Through this slot is passed the bolt and the set-screw H, which secures the bit and the top plate, I, together. This top plate, I, and the bit are secured rigidly together by means of this set-screw, for the purpose of causing them to move together when the adjustingscrew is turned. Thetop plate may either rest solidly upon the bit, or it may be made in the form of a spring, as may be desired. Through the outer end of the bit is passed a nut or bushing, J, through which is passed the set-screw L. By means of this set-screw L the bit can be set at any desired angle in relation to the part A. Secured to the under side of the bearing-plate A is a suitable bracket, O, to rest on the top of the plane-stock when made of wood.

By means of the construction here shown and described, the bit may be adjusted back and forth without having to remove the parts from the plane.

I am aware that a slotted bit has been adjusted by means of screwrods and nuts, which project up from the side of the body of the plane, and which rods have a connecting-plate passed over them, so as to bear against the outer end of the bit, and thus feed it forward, and this I disclaim. My invention differs from this in having the adjustingscrew swiveled directly. upon the bearingplate A, and which is made to adjust the bit by means of a screw-bolt which passes through the plate placed upon the top of the bit and the bit itself.

Having thus described my invention, I

claiml. In a plane, the combination ofthe plate A, which is attached to the under side of the bit, with the inclined bracket O, which is secured to the under side of the plate, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of thebearing-plate A,

which is secured to the under. side of the bit G, and which plate is provided with the slot D, with the swiveled adj listing-screw G,which is attached at its outer endv tothe plate A, the screw-bolt E, which passes through the slots in the bit, the bit provided with the slot IOO of the bit, the screw-bolt which passes through both of the plates and the bit, the adjusting screw for moving the bit back and forth, and 15 the set-screwr for regulating the angle at which the bit is placed, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FORTUNE LEIVIS BAILEY.

Witnesses:

Marions B. CHADWIGK, LEVI W. WHITE. 

